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Gwendolyn L Stearns Foundation Inc: 31 grants to organizations, $434,360 (tax year ended December 2024)
Gwendolyn L Stearns Foundation Inc, a private foundation in Rapid City, SD, paid 31 grants to organizations totaling $434,360 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on October 21, 2025. The largest was $25,000 to Adult Day Center of the Black Hills in Rapid City, SD for providing daytime care for aging.
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- EIN
- 311737658
- Based in
- Rapid City, SD
- Assets
- $6,247,809
- Grants paid
- $434,360
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed October 21, 2025, IRS object ID 202542949349100319. It reported $434,360 in grants paid; 31 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adult Day Center of the Black Hills | Rapid City, SD | Providing daytime care for aging | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Feeding South Dakota | Sioux Falls, SD | To eliminate hunger in south dakota | Food, agriculture and nutrition | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Journey On Inc | Lead, SD | General funding | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Lifeways Inc | Rapid City, SD | Prevention classes for at-risk youth | Youth development | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Rapid City Urban | Rapid City, SD | Support public parks in rapid city | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Rural America Initiatives | Rapid City, SD | Provide culturally based mentoring | Community improvement and capacity building | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Seventh Circuit Casa Program | Rapid City, SD | Court advocates for abused children | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Starting Strong | Rapid City, SD | Scholarship funding for early educ | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Kiwanis | Rapid City, SD | Community services | $18,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Alliance for Substance Abuse Preven | Rapid City, SD | Substance abuse prevention coalition | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Catholic Social Services | Rapid City, SD | Cover counseling & educational prog | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Consumer Credit Counseling | Rapid City, SD | Provide personal finance support | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Dakota Wesleyan University | Mitchell, SD | General funding | Education | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Lutheran Social Services of SD Foun | Sioux Falls, SD | General funding | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Passages Womens Transitional Living | Rapid City, SD | Reentry services for women | Human services | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Western South Dakota Senior Service | Rapid City, SD | Serving meals to elderly | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Oneheart | Rapid City, SD | General funding | Housing and shelter | $12,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Cornerstone Rescue Mission | Rapid City, SD | Provide support to homeless | $11,860 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Allied Arts Fund Drive Inc | Rapid City, SD | Support for community arts org | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Core Community Organized Resources | Box Elder, SD | Save teen lives-interactive program | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Friends of the Children - He Sapa | Rapid City, SD | General funding | Diseases, disorders and medical disciplines | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Rapid City Arts Council | Rapid City, SD | Support for the educational program | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Rapid City Club for Boys | Rapid City, SD | Food & nutrition services & phys ed | Youth development | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Retired Senior Volunteer Program | Rapid City, SD | Mentoring program | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| St Isaac Jogues | Rapid City, SD | General funding | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Suncatchers Therapeutic | Rapid City, SD | Therapeutic horseback sessions | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| United Way of the Black Hills | Rapid City, SD | Sponsor the library literacy program | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Working Against Violence Inc | Rapid City, SD | Create a community free of violence | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Girl Scouts-Dakota Horizons | Rapid City, SD | Girl pride & program at-risk girls | $7,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Rapid City Beautification | Rapid City, SD | Beautify rapid city downtown areas | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Volunteers of America Dakotas | Rapid City, SD | Provide infant supplies to low inc | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Youth development | $30,000 |
| Food, agriculture and nutrition | $25,000 |
| Community improvement and capacity building | $20,000 |
| Education | $15,000 |
| Human services | $15,000 |
| Housing and shelter | $12,000 |
| Diseases, disorders and medical disciplines | $10,000 |
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $10,000 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| South Dakota | $434,360 |
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Updated October 21, 2025. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.